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RainSec is an informal group of like-minded security professionals who meet to discuss topics of interest in a non-work, non-vendor setting. Preferably while drinking just enough to forget our day jobs.

While this is a public event open to any interested parties, our target audience is experienced information security professionals.

Update: Please notice the time change. It used to say 8:00, but it should have said 6:00. Sorry for the confusion. Also our "something special" for this month kind of fell through. We will try to have it next time.
Come play at our monthly game of werewolf at the Lucky Lab on Hawthorne. Check out the site for details (http://www.portlandwerewolf.com).
This will be our one year "anniversary" gathering. If you are planning on attending please respond here so that we get an accurate count. We are planning something special and would like to know exactly who is coming.

We have the private room in the back reserved. From 6-7 we'll have a social hour were we can just hang out, drink, and eat. Then at 7 we'll start to play. Please make sure to upcoming page to RSVP and for directions.

The open-source cell phone software platform from Google, called Android, continues to mature and grow in popularity. With hardware due later this year, it will explode on to the scene with an ecosystem of open source software that will set the bar for all other mobile operating systems.
Meet with local android enthusiasts to talk about project ideas, news on upcoming hardware, etc. over a pint of microbrew.

The open-source cell phone software platform from Google, called Android, continues to mature and grow in popularity. Meet with local android enthusiasts to talk about project ideas, news on upcoming hardware, etc. over a pint of microbrew.

Interested in community wireless and the history of wireless in Portland? Want to learn more about the Personal Telco Project and ways to increase the wireless connections in your neighborhood? Join us for a panel discussion!

Join with members of the Personal Telco Project, NTEN and the City of Portland to learn more about and discuss the history, progress, and future of municipal wireless. This is a great opportunity to hear about efforts like MetroFi and Personal Telco, as well as how you can get involved in improving your neighborhood's networks.

The Portland 501 Tech Club is growing with your participation and turning into one of the hottest new places to learn, connect, and CHANGE within the Portland community! This is a fantastic way to keep conversations, learning opportunities and networking going throughout the community.

We have the private room in the back reserved. From 6-7 we'll have a social hour were we can just hang out, drink, and eat. Then at 7 we'll start to play. Please make sure to upcoming page to RSVP and for directions.

RIDE OVERVIEW
Tour de Lab is a bicycle tour of the three Lucky Lab brew pubs. You’ll journey along urban routes on this 18-mile ride. But if you feel you really need to earn that pint, you can choose the 40-mile Big Dog course.

At each of the rest stops you’ll earn your doggie gear: tail, ears and nose. Once you’re fully dogged up, it’s time to kick back, relax and enjoy the dog days of summer with your Tour de Lab pint of Lucky Lab’s handcrafted ale. The commemorative print glass is yours to keep.

We have the private room in the back reserved. From 6-7 we'll have a social hour were we can just hang out, drink, and eat. Then at 7 we'll start to play. Please make sure to RSVP attending so that we know how many people to expect. You are guaranteed a spot to play if you RSVP.

[Full details at http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/1507603/ ] Android is an open source operating system software for cell phones and other small form factor devices. Meet with local developers and power users to swap news and tips, and see project demos.

The Portland CocoaHeads group is devoted to discussion of Apple's Cocoa Framework for programming on Mac OS X. During monthly meetings, members present on their projects and offer tutorials on various programming topics. Developers using any Cocoa-related language (Objective-C, Python, Ruby, etc.) are welcome, as well as related platforms like iPhone.

Meetings are on the last Wednesday of the month at 7pm.
NOTE: Since we've lost our former meeting space (CubeSpace), we will be meeting at Lucky Lab. We hope to find a new meeting space where the following paragraph will hold true again.
WHAT WE USUALLY DO: We'll go around the table to introduce ourselves and mention what we're working on or what we're interested in. Then, the floor will be open to anyone with a 10-minute demo or presentation topic. We'll also have a general Q&A discussion. A projector and wifi will be available.

M+R Strategic Services and NTEN released a new eNonprofit Benchmarks Study for 2009 (Download the report at http://www.e-benchmarksstudy.com/2009.html). We've analyzed online messaging, fundraising, and advocacy data from 32 leading nonprofit organizations to provide you with reliable new data, answering questions like:

* How is the financial crisis affecting online fundraising?
* How do my targeted emails, appeals to non-donors, phone call alerts, and more compare to those of other nonprofits?
* For state-based or local groups, what's a good email response rate

Karen Matheson, M+R Strategic Services will cover key findings on fundraising and advocacy metrics, explore what the data tells us about industry-wide changes, provide key metrics to analyze your organization's online program and take questions about the study and nonprofit online metrics.

She will also offer up real-world advice and research-based best practices for communicating effectively with your membership, helping maintain and develop supporters, build relationships, and sharing your story.

Agenda:
5:30 Networking

6:00 Presentation with Q/A

7:00 More Networking

Karen Matheson is the Manager of Quantitative Research and Analysis at M+R Strategic Services and provides strategic data analysis for a range of M+R's eCampaigns clients, including the Human Rights Campaign, Oxfam America, and Susan G. Komen for the Cure. With a B.S. in Mathematics from the University of Oregon and graduate coursework in statistics and analysis, Karen has a strong quantitative research background. In addition to co-authoring M+R and NTEN's eNonprofit Benchmarks Study (www.e-benchmarksstudy.com), Karen regularly researches and co-authors articles about best online communications strategies using data from several national nonprofits.

We will be meeting Friday August, 28th at 6 pm at the Lucky Lab, S.E (Hawthorne) to discuss our future. We would love if you could join us and help us sort out meeting spots, what you would like to see happen with this group, meeting times and any other things that might be on your mind.

This is a social meeting, but if you have any things you need reviewed, we would love to help you out. Just let us know.

You can bring your own project, work collaboratively with others or just watch. There will be some folks working on euler_bench (http://github.com/notbenh/euler_bench/tree), but there is no requirement on what you wish to work on.

In short we do stuff with a computer, while drinking, and we would love to have you join in the fun.

You can bring your own project, work collaboratively with others or just watch. There will be some folks working on euler_bench (http://github.com/notbenh/euler_bench/tree), but there is no requirement on what you wish to work on.

In short we do stuff with a computer, while drinking, and we would love to have you join in the fun.

Show and Tell your concrete5 projects with other interactive media professionals. We'll meet at the lucky lab on SE Hawthrone for a meet and greet at 5pm, which will turn into a more formal show and tell at 6pm. If you've built something with concrete5, we invite you to show it off for 5 minutes and do some Q&A with your fellow developers. We'll orchestrate the evening and show off some of our recent projects and current development progress as well.

You can bring your own project, work collaboratively with others or just watch. There will be some folks working on euler_bench (http://github.com/notbenh/euler_bench/tree), but there is no requirement on what you wish to work on.

In short we do stuff with a computer, while drinking, and we would love to have you join in the fun.

Dawn Foster is the Senior Executive and Practice Manager of the Olliance Group Online Community Practice. The Online Community Practice is focused on helping companies derive business value from building and participating in online communities. Dawn has more than 13 years of experience in business and technology with expertise in strategic planning, management, community building, community management, open source software, market research, social media, and RSS. See http://fastwonderblog.com/about/.

You can bring your own project, work collaboratively with others or just watch. There will be some folks working on euler_bench (http://github.com/notbenh/euler_bench/tree), but there is no requirement on what you wish to work on.

In short we do stuff with a computer, while drinking, and we would love to have you join in the fun.

You can bring your own project, work collaboratively with others or just watch. There will be some folks working on euler_bench (http://github.com/notbenh/euler_bench/tree), but there is no requirement on what you wish to work on.

In short we do stuff with a computer, while drinking, and we would love to have you join in the fun.

It's about time we finally try to get people together to talk Scala, so we've decided to have an informal gathering at the Lucky Lab on Wednesday (Nov 18th) at 7PM. This will be a good opportunity to meet others who are interested in Scala and get a sense for what others might be using it for. Feel free to show up even if you're just casually dipping your toes in the water.

Are you part of an organization that uses technology for good (i.e. using social media, innovative website, video, mobile tech)? Do you know of an organization that uses tech for good? Then this event is for you!

It's the time of year to give thanks, and this year, we want to extend thanks to all the nonprofits and social good entities in Portland that do amazing - yet often unrecognized - work with technology all year long. Join us at the Lucky Lab to celebrate our collaborative gratitude to Portland organizations. Share your organization's story and hear how others in the community are using technology to help make Portland a better place for us all.

You can help kick-start this year's TweetsGivingPDX by nominating your organization or one that impresses you through it's remarkable use of technology for good. Go to http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=t4p98cYbnkSe0mpX9E4Zyg_3d_3d to nominate an organization. Nominations will be posted to a wiki so we can all acknowledge the wonderful good our PDX organizations are achieving with technology.

Follow our local TweetsGiving activity at #TweetsGivingPDX.

TweetsGivingPDX is part of the national gratitude effort - Tweetsgiving. For more information on TweetsGiving visit tweetsgiving.epicchange.org.

Join us for a Happy Hour Holiday Celebration with your fellow nonprofits using technology for good. We'll have a short discussion of IT Planning based on the NTEN Book - Managing Technology to Meet Your Mission (http://www.meetyourmission.org/) with editor, Holly Ross.

Agenda:

5:30 Networking
6:00 Presentation
6:30 - 7:30 Networking

Managing Technology to Meet Your Mission is a practical resource that will help nonprofit leaders make smart, strategic decisions about technology. The book shows how to effectively manage technology and offers advice for decision makers and staff alike, including those who often have little or no experience with technology. With contributions from the top experts in the nonprofit technology field , this must-have guide addresses technology planning and people. It includes the tools you need to get the work done, and the knowledge that will help you communicate better, evaluate technology investments, raise money, and more. Written in nontechnical language the book covers a broad spectrum of topics.

About Holly:

Holly has spent more than five years at NTEN, combing through all the technology fads and listening to the NTEN community to line up the webinars, conferences, and research that will help members use technology to make the world a better place. From ubiquitous access to technology leadership to social media trends, Holly brings the wisdom of the NTEN crowd to the nonprofit sector. Holly is also editor of "Managing Technology to Meet Your Mission: A Strategic Guide for Nonprofit Leaders," available from Jossey-Bass.

The next month of exciting Android developments in software and hardware. The Google-sold android phone from HTC called the Nexus One should be for sale. Android 2.1 should be released at about the same time since the Nexus One runs on that.

T-Mobile will allow customers to buy apps and add it to their cell bill instead of using a credit card. That will make buying apps that much easier.

NPOs and NGOs are using modern mapping technologies for a variety of purposes and projects from tracking endangered species to visualizing inter-agency response to an earthquake in Indonesia. PDXTech4Good will feature a "showcase" of nonprofit and community projects that use online mapping and GIS (geographic information systems). We'll hear how organizations are using maps and GIS to gather information from their community, improve service and program delivery and effectiveness, and tell stories about themselves and their community members.

PDXTech4Good Meeting: 5:30 - 7:30p

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And prior to the meeting, we'll have a special workshop with mapping expert Jim Craner and Humaninet.

At this workshop, we'll take a deeper dive into mapping strategy and how you can integrate mapping and help use GIS technology to further your mission and cause. This will be divided into 2 groups: Beginner and Intermediate. More details to come but please RSVP if you're interested in getting those details.
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While setting up a Twitter account may only take a few minutes knowing what to do with it and how to manage it is another story. Simply “doing” is no longer working. It is important we finds way to do it more efficiently and find ways to measure the value. This month’s meeting will focus on looking at some of the available tools and how we can use them to manage and monitor social media campaigns. We will be specifically focusing on tools related to Twitter and Facebook fan pages.

We're going to just have a casual meeting this month, so we can hang out, talk about whatever project or bit of code has captured your attention of late, and drink beer. We'll be meeting concurrently with the fine folks at the PDX Weekly Hackathon, so there should be plenty of discussion of quite a varied nature. Feel free to come out and hack on things, of course!

The 2010 Nonprofit Technology Conference took place April 8-10, 2010 in Atlanta, GA. Nearly 1,450 nptechies came together to learn & connect about using technology to create more social change in our jobs and in the world.

Join us for our April meetup when Portland attendees will share resources and takeaways from the sessions they attended. More details to come with specific sessions to be covered but please mark your calenders now as it will be a lively discussion with lots of tips and tricks learned from the top nonprofit technologists in the county.

Interested in volunteering at this year's Open Source Bridge? Come to our first volunteer meet & greet of the year where you can learn about our onsite volunteer positions as well as other tasks for which we can use your help.

At last, we have confirmed a May Meetup topic! Constituent Relationship Management Systems or Databases!

A good system for managing your clients, constituents, donors, and/or volunteers will ease your troubles away! Well...we're not sure that any database can be completely pain-free, there are some good solutions available for nonprofits but before a tool is decided upon, some essential questions must be asked. Join us on May 25, when Tompkins Spann will talk unbiased on how to determine your nonprofits' needs for data management and what you need to evaluate when choosing a CRM or database.

Then, you will have the opportunity to talk to Tompkins and others (we invite you to attend if you have a CRM solution to talk up!) about specific solutions and how they might integrate into your nonprofit's work flow.

We are proud to be bringing you this meetup in collaboration with the Portland Nonprofit Salesforce Users Group and Convio.

Tompkins is the Sr. Market Strategist for Convio focused exclusively on the Common Ground product, Convio’s CRM solution for nonprofits. He has worked for Convio (and formerly) GetActive for more than 5 years in various roles, from account services to product marketing. His experience working with nonprofits began when he exited the Peace Corps in 2000 to create his own 501c3. He then began working for a large advocacy-based organization in DC serving as the lead on all technology projects ranging from website strategy to database development. Tompkins has a passion for nonprofit-tech and truly enjoys helping organizations pick the right solutions and apply the right strategies to help further their mission.

Do technology and communications work in silos in your nonprofit? Or do they clash in conflict when you're sitting in meetings? Maybe your communications department has become the default tech department, or vice versa? When the IT and communications work well together, nonprofits have a huge opportunity to increase their productivity.

Join us for our July Meetup when Nancy Schwartz will share her marketing and communications expertise helping you to find harmony between tech and communications in your nonprofit. We'll have an open conversation so come ready to share your experience and learn from Nancy and other PDXTech4Gooders!

Nancy E. Schwartz is the primary author of the Getting Attention.org blog and e-newsletter. Nancy also founded and runs Nancy Schwartz & Company, providing results-driven marketing and communications services to nonprofit organization and foundation clients. Specialties include communications planning, message development, online communications innovations (she stays way ahead of the curve to put these tools to work for clients asap), and developing revenue streams for nonprofits.

This month we are just going to head down to the Lucky Lab in SE and network a little. If you've never joined us after the meeting for libations and conversations, you have missed out. We took that awesome part of the night and just expanded it till it was the whole meeting! This is your chance to brag about the cool stuff your building, or lament about the lame stuff your boss is making you build, or ask questions about the next thing you're planning to build. I think you get the idea. Come and chat and eat and drink. See you soon!

Come join PDXScala, the Portland, Oregon Scala users group, for a night of geeking and socializing. We'd like to invite any Scala enthusiasts in town for OSCON and the Scala Summit to come join us at the Lucky Lab Brewpub (http://luckylab.com) located at 915 SE Hawthorne Blvd, just a short hop from the Oregon Convention Center, on Monday, July 19th at 7PM.

If possible, please RSVP here. It's not necessary, but helps us figure out how many people to expect.

The Web Standards movement pushed us to banish non-semantic presentational markup from our HTML. As a result, we struggled over meaningless decisions - should I use a list or a table? NO TABLE BAD!

It's time to rethink what we mean be semantics in our markup. The new W3C standard RDFa (RDF in Attributes) can make our lives as Web and technology professionals easier and more sensible, without angst over whether or not to use tables.

ABOUT: Join programmers, researchers and enthusiasts to discuss functional programming. pdxfunc is a study/user group exploring the world of functional programming based in Portland, Oregon. The group welcomes programmers interested in all functional languages, including Haskell, Erlang, OCaml, Scala, and others. The group meets regularly and provides presentations, demos and discussions applicable to all skill levels, from newbies and experts. The meetings are usually on the second Monday of the month.

VENUE: This meeting will be in the Lucky Lab Brew Pub's events room. If you enter the pub through the front door on Hawthorne, the events room will be on your right on the hallway leading to the main room. There will be a 'pdxfunc' sign on the door.

We are the local R user group for Portland, Oregon. R is a free software environment for statistical computing and graphics (http://www.r-project.org/ ). Our goal is to support and share R experience and knowledge among its users in the Portland community. We would like to hear how you use and enjoy the R language and statistical programming environment.

At our initial meeting, we'll see how many people in the area use R and where your interests and backgrounds lie. Once we've made contact, our meetings may grow to include presentations or tutorials. Come and tell us what you'd like from your local R user group!

This gathering of PDXTech4Good focuses on the smooth integration of social media into your organization. We've heard all the excuses for putting off a social media presence a thousand times: the ED thinks you'll spend way too much time on Facebook, the Board doesn't think it's going to give any results, your demographic is not represented on social media, etc. This session will be all about how to address these issues and bring ...your nonprofit all the benefits of social media.

Todd Pitt of Zero Strategist will be with us to help us navigate the complex world of social media and change management. Join us for a great evening of networking and problem solving!

About Todd:
Todd Pitt is Chief Social Media Strategist and Founder of Zero Strategist. Zero Strategist is an independent / freelancing social media consulting duo based out of Portland. Their goal is "to create holistic social media services that continuously evolve with the web & the world." Check them out at http://zerostrategist.com/

ABOUT: Join programmers, researchers and enthusiasts to discuss functional programming. pdxfunc is a study/user group exploring the world of functional programming based in Portland, Oregon. The group welcomes programmers interested in all functional languages, including Haskell, Erlang, OCaml, Scala, and others. The group meets regularly and provides presentations, demos and discussions applicable to all skill levels, from newbies and experts. The meetings are usually on the second Monday of the month.

VENUE: This meeting will be in the Lucky Lab Brew Pub's events room. If you enter the pub through the front door on Hawthorne, the events room will be on your right on the hallway leading to the main room. There will be a 'pdxfunc' sign on the events room door.

Maybe your organization has already taken the Facebook plunge. Or, perhaps it's about to. Either way, building a Facebook presence for your nonprofit requires a whole lot more than the simple "build it and they will come" approach.

Join us for this month's PDXTech4Good meetup where we'll delve into the details of cultivating, managing and growing your organization's Facebook presence. Together, we'll explore topics ranging from engagement strategies and metrics to page administration and policies.

About Barbara:
After working in advertising agencies in Los Angles, New York and Portland for 15 years, Barbara took a job as a Marketing Communications Director at the Oregon Humane Society (OHS). For the last nine years she has overseen the Volunteer, Education and Public Relations programs of OHS as well as executed all advertising efforts for the pets of OHS.

BarCamp is an ad-hoc gathering born from the desire for people to share and learn in an open environment. It is an intense event with discussions, demos, and interaction from participants. You never quite know what to expect at BarCamp. When you arrive on Friday, there will be an agenda framework (times / rooms), but the content for the sessions will be decided by the participants.

ABOUT: Join programmers, researchers and enthusiasts to discuss functional programming. pdxfunc is a study/user group exploring the world of functional programming based in Portland, Oregon. The group welcomes programmers interested in all functional languages, including Haskell, Erlang, OCaml, Scala, and others. The group meets regularly and provides presentations, demos and discussions applicable to all skill levels, from newbies and experts. The meetings are usually on the second Monday of the month.

Note: It's Halloween-time! October is a month that is near and dear to our hearts here at Portland Werewolf! We will be bringing in some Halloween inspired treats (or tricks?). Feel free to bring treats to share with everyone

Parrot developers have reserved a room for the above times to meet face-to-face to talk about and hack on Parrot Virtual Machine!

The first few hours of the meeting will concentrate on people already involved in Parrot, to talk about which goals Parrot wants to achieve and what people will focus on in the future. Some members of the Board of Directors of Parrot Foundation will be present, and hopefully any local developers that are already involved with Parrot in some way.

The latter half of the time slot will be focused towards new users and people interested in learning more about Parrot. Some Parrot developers will hack on their Parrot-related projects, while others will work with those who are new to Parrot, to orient them and discuss what roles they can play in the Parrot community and/or what things need hacking on.

Hacking and schmoozing will probably continue after 5pm, but that is when our reserved space ends.

We'll have a general meeting of all volunteers to go over our schedule, job assignments, etc. This is to prep so we'll be ready for BarCamp PDX 4 on Friday & Saturday, October 22nd & 23rd at the Eliot Center in Downtown PDX.

Proposals for Open Source Bridge are due Thursday, March 31st at 11:59pm PDT. Come work on your proposal with fellow procrastinators! Members of the OSBridge team will be on hand to answer your questions.

ABOUT THE GROUP: Join programmers, researchers and enthusiasts to discuss functional programming. pdxfunc is a study/user group exploring the world of functional programming based in Portland, Oregon. The group welcomes programmers interested in all functional languages, including Haskell, Erlang, OCaml, Scala, and others. The group meets regularly and provides presentations, demos and discussions applicable to all skill levels, from newbies and experts. The meetings are usually on the second Monday of the month.

ABOUT THE VENUE: The group will meet in the Events Room, the large glassed-in room by the main entrance on Hawthorne. There will a "pdxfunc" sign on the door. Feel free to show up early to eat and socialize, we have the room reserved from 6pm on.

Do-It-Yourself Book Scanning is using cheap, compact cameras and free software to scan books quickly and efficiently. DIY Book Scanners can be as simple as a camera and a piece of glass or as involved as the Instructable that brought our community together.

DIY Book Scanners have been used to:
-Prepare books for upload to the Internet Archive and Google Books.
-Open up space in sagging bookshelves.
-Make book collections more portable and accessible.
-Preserve historical documents.
-Help print-impaired people read.
-and much more

Note the new date and (temporary) location change. This is a trial run at changing to 2nd Thursdays and a break from Free Geek while we figure out the keys/space issues.

We'll be discussing all things Perl and generally socializing in or near some tasty beverages. If you are new, look for the pdx.pm t-shirts[1].

Feel free to bring a laptop if you have some code or Perl questions to share or work on. (Or if you have no laptop, just bring the code/url.)

The other meeting will be next Wednesday (Sept 14th), also at the Lucky Lab. You get one vote for each time you show up (vote for both days or one twice.)

Rumor has it that the classroom at Free Geek is being redone into rows of desks with a whiteboard and projector -- which makes 2nd Wednesdays more viable, though the meeting room might still be a better space for us.

[1] My shirt is often purple. There was talk on irc.perl.org/#pdx.pm of getting a '$_' bat-signal to shine on the ceiling, but no volunteer yet.

This event overlaps with PDX Hackathon! Some type of tech user group jousting may occur.

Note the (temporary) location change. This is possibly the last of the meetings on 2nd Wednesdays and a break from Free Geek while we figure out the keys/space issues.

We'll be discussing all things Perl and generally socializing in or near some tasty beverages. If you are new, look for the pdx.pm t-shirts[1].

Feel free to bring a laptop if you have some code or Perl questions to share or work on. (Or if you have no laptop, just bring the code/url.) I would also like to hear your ideas and proposals for future meeting topics and presentations.

The other meeting was last Thursday (Sept 8th), also at the Lucky Lab, where we began voting on whether to move the meeting to 2nd Thursdays. You get one vote for each time you show up (vote for both days or one twice.)

Rumor has it that the classroom at Free Geek is being redone into rows of desks with a whiteboard and projector -- which makes 2nd Wednesdays more viable, though the meeting room might still be a better space for us.

[1] My shirt is often purple. There was talk on irc.perl.org/#pdx.pm of getting a '$_' bat-signal to shine on the ceiling, but no volunteer yet.

Come and work on your personal Android projects in a workgroup. Share what your doing, ask questions, help others. All skill levels, including beginners, are welcome to attend.

Confirmation of attendance is suggested but not required. If no one shows by 5:30 pm, the meeting will be automatically canceled unless otherwise noted on the website. Please check the group's website for last minute updates.

This is a group of DIY'ers who are interested in book scanning machines, typically creating them and scanning with them. At least three members of our group have built book scanners with the help of http://diybookscanner.org/. Come learn about ongoing projects and how you can help your community by supporting digital books!

Come and work on your personal Android projects in a workgroup. Share what your doing, ask questions, help others. All skill levels, including beginners, are welcome to attend.

Confirmation of attendance is suggested but not required. If no one shows by 5:30 pm, the meeting will be automatically canceled unless otherwise noted on the website. Please check the group's website for last minute updates.

Come and work on your personal Android projects in a workgroup. Share what your doing, ask questions, help others. All skill levels, including beginners, are welcome to attend.

Confirmation of attendance is suggested but not required. If no one shows by 5:30 pm, the meeting will be automatically canceled unless otherwise noted on the website. Please check the group's website for last minute updates.

Come have a drink with fellow web and app developers, and discuss the ramifications of Adobe's week old messaging regarding the Flash platform. Get an idea of what and how your peers are doing with clients to properly advise on tech solutions that need mobile and desktop deployments.

We are gathering for a year-end social, show-and-tell, and software giveaway. The theme for the evening will be mobile apps made with Adobe AIR. Bring your devices and sample apps to show and discuss. All are welcome.

We'll have some Adobe software to give away as well as a collection of t-shirts, books, and other prizes.

Join other people who want to learn about game design through designing and playtesting game exercises. We're currently working on exercises from chapter 2 of from Challenges for Game Designers. Get the book, try an exercise, and bring your work to test, or just show up to help playtest someone else's game idea.

Come Join Fellow Ubuntu Users and some Debian Folk for a beer or snack and some good socializing surrounding open source. This event is being held at Lucky Lab and attendees should bring $$ for their own food/drink.

Personal Telco is a collection of individuals, businesses, and
organizations who share -- or plan to share -- internet connectivity
rather than hoard it. It's also a group of volunteers who want this
network to grow. We believe internet access should be available, fair,
and uncensored. Personal Telco Project is a 501(c)(3) non-profit
organization in PDX.

Whether you're a technology wizard or technically incompetent,
volunteering with us is a great way to learn something new, enjoy
teaching others, or use your skills to do something useful!

Our monthly meetings are usually slightly bigger than weeklies; everyone is welcome, come to learn, teach, and play!

The Internet isn't going anywhere anytime soon, and with it brings a high demand for coders, developers and web designers. Team Treehouse (www.teamtreehouse.com) is a new online tutorial website that offers super simple breakdowns of Web Design and Development! All levels are welcome to come hang out, watch tutorials, learn from others learning, get advice and tips, and dabble in the language of le web! Bring a computer if you can! Thursdays at 6pm @ Lucky Lab SE (off SE Hawthorne and 9th)

Open Source Bridge (OSB) invites you to our final Volunteer Meet & Greet in this year's conference. All are welcome.

OSB Meet & Greets are a great way to learn more about volunteering for the conference and to meet the conference organizers. There will be a total of three meet and greets. Each one will be hosted at a different location in Portland, leading up to the conference June 26-29, 2012.

If you are interested in learning more about Volunteering with OSB, please visit our website.

In celebration of having already executed one successful emergency rescheduled meeting replacement beer-drinking social hour this month, we'll be starting 22 minutes later and roughly 0.7 furlongs norther than the usual time and space.

I will put out a pdx.pm sign. We might be out back depending on how crowded and noisy it is. You can also probably find us with or near the weekly hackathon folks.

The Internet isn't going anywhere anytime soon, and with it brings a high demand for coders, developers and web designers. Team Treehouse (www.teamtreehouse.com) is a new online tutorial website that offers super simple breakdowns of Web Design and Development! All levels are welcome to come hang out, watch tutorials, learn from others learning, get advice and tips, and dabble in the language of le web! Bring a computer if you can! Thursdays at 6pm @ Lucky Lab SE (off SE Hawthorne and 9th)

Note: This is an informal meetup, not an officially sponsored Treehouse event.

Personal Telco is a collection of individuals, businesses, and
organizations who share -- or plan to share -- internet connectivity
rather than hoard it. It's also a group of volunteers who want this
network to grow. We believe internet access should be available, fair,
and uncensored. Personal Telco Project is a 501(c)(3) non-profit
organization in PDX.

Whether you're a technology wizard or technically incompetent,
volunteering with us is a great way to learn something new, enjoy
teaching others, or use your skills to do something useful!

Our monthly meetings are usually slightly bigger than weeklies; everyone is welcome, come to learn, teach, and play!

Due to OpenSource Bridge (http://opensourcebridge.org/) this week most of us will be downtown Thursday. Now I will not stop anyone from enjoying a nice beer, just know that there will not likely be a bunch of us around this week. Feel free to venture on over to Bridge , SEPoCoNI (http://calagator.org/events/1250462224) or just catch up with us next week.

Come do strange things with computers amongst others whilst drinking fine Portland beer. Look for the row of geeks with computers in the back of the main room.

All programming languages welcome. Come work on your own projects, work on others participants' projects, get advice, have fun, etc.

You're encouraged to bring a computer, but can team up with others that brought one too.

Afterwards, the group descends on the 12th and Hawthorne foodcart pod for additional nourishment.

Also, many people meet up at the pub during the same time as the hackathon to play boardgames they bring which you're welcomed to play.

Personal Telco is a collection of individuals, businesses, and
organizations who share -- or plan to share -- internet connectivity
rather than hoard it. It's also a group of volunteers who want this
network to grow. We believe internet access should be available, fair,
and uncensored. Personal Telco Project is a 501(c)(3) non-profit
organization in PDX.

Whether you're a technology wizard or technically incompetent,
volunteering with us is a great way to learn something new, enjoy
teaching others, or use your skills to do something useful!

Our annual members meeting happens in place of the monthly meeting in July every year. This year, we are holding an election for two positions on the board of directors. Only members may vote. Check out the website for details.

This is an ad hoc Ruby Newbies meetup, especially for those applying for the ELC Technologies internship program (though all are welcome). Come ask questions, eat, drink, and hack. Whether you're learning Ruby or would like to help those that are, come on by.

Come Join fellow Ubuntu Users and Debian Folk for beer, snacks and some good socializing surrounding open source. This event is being held at Lucky Lab and attendees should bring $$ for their own food/drink.

The Personal Telco Project is having its final meeting of 2012, and also celebrating its 12th birthday. Come join in the fun, and help fight for online freedom. Also, volunteer and help keep such an awesome organization that Google values at $16 million, and that delivers (according to a City formula) $2 million worth of services a year, alive and kicking.

The weather in Portland this time of year is fairly, let's say, unreliable. So December's event will focus on Drone Development, in other words the stuff that makes these things fly.

Are you working on code or components that will let your Drone fly farther, faster, longer, or take on new missions and capabilities? This month's meeting will be dedicated to hearing and sharing our development projects, as well as those others around the country and the world are working on.

This month's event will happen December 12, at 6pm. Location Lucky Labrador Brew Pub. Please RSVP on Plancast if you'll be able to make it! (It's Wednesday because of some Holiday party conflicts on Thursday)

At this monthly meeting, we get together, talk about app ideas for one or two industry (such as sporting apparel, commercial building, food, water, etc). These are the local industry that can use some help to identify solutions to reduce carbon footprint and lessen any negative environmental impact to local residents.

Our goal is to brainstorm innovative ideas utilizing information technology by leveraging the mobile and social web.

Of course, creative juice often comes after a glass of nice brew. That's how drink is involved in this. If you not a drinker, the Pub serves good food of you to hack & eat.

We are not really building an app at the meeting (but if you would like to crank out an app in 90 mins, that would be awesome too). And what are we doing with these ideas? You'll have to come to find out.

For those who won't be able to make it in person you can join via G+ Hangout. Please let me know in advance.

We welcome software and hardware Engineers working on Android, iOS, and all mobile platforms.

Working on projects by yourself can be difficult because don't get the feedback or interaction you get in an office environment. Online sites such as stackoverflow.com are great resources for answering well defined questions, but don't have the benefits of personal interactions. When you are part of a community you get to know others with similar interests, get an immediate response to hard to describe problems, bounce ideas off of others, and learn by example. The PDX Mobile Workgroup is designed to fill the void for engineers who would otherwise work on their projects in relative isolation from other engineers.

The group is informal. Once a week we sit around, talk, have a bite to eat, and work on our personal projects. There is no set schedule. Attendees stop by at various times after work and stay as long as they like.

We do require at least 2 confirmed attendees. If you don't RSVP and just show, you will want to check the group site before traveling to be sure the meeting is happening.

To RSVP, visit the website listed and leave a note that you will be attending.

Members of the Open Source Bridge planning committee will be on hand to encourage and help people work on their speaker proposal submissions. Come with questions about tracks or previous content and we'll answer them.

We're holding a get together to help people work on their Open Source Bridge speaker proposals. Come join us and we can help answer any questions you have about tracks, past topics, or the conference in general.

This meeting we've decided to meet at our old haunt, the back room of the SE Lucky Lab, remembering our awesome group organizer Igal, who hosted the group since its inception in 2007, but tragically left us last week.
Come talk to others who knew him, members of of functional programming community, share stories, commiserate, have a drink.

ABOUT THE GROUP: Join programmers, researchers and enthusiasts to discuss functional programming. pdxfunc is a study/user group exploring the world of functional programming based in Portland, Oregon. The group welcomes programmers interested in all functional languages, including Haskell, OCaml, Erlang, Scala and others, as well as using functional techniques in non-functional languages. The group meets regularly and provides presentations, demos and discussions applicable to all skill levels, from newbies and experts. The meetings are usually on the second Monday of the month.

Come join us for the second #editathon event of 2013, a weekend of mapping on April 20-21. All over the United States, we will be improving OpenStreetMap starting at 12 noon Eastern going until 6PM Pacific.

In Portland, we'll meet at noon on April 20th. At 1:00pm, we'll have a brief presentation introducing OpenStreetMap and the tools for editing it.

Then we'll start editing, either on your own or on one of our to-be-determined targets.

Ahead of OSCON the following Monday, we'll hold our first non-technical meet and greet for everyone to get together, meet each other, talk, etc. The venue--Lucky Lab--is a brewpub, so you can purchase food and drinks while we mingle.

CryptoParty is a grassroots global endeavour to introduce the basics of practical cryptography such as the Tor anonymity network, key signing parties, TrueCrypt, Linux, and virtual private networks to the general public.

This is a free skill-sharing event with other Cryptography and Privacy technology experts, working along side and sharing information with people new to Crypto and Privacy.

Everyone is welcome regardless of experience, bring a Laptop if you have one, if not, bring a USB thumbdrive, a pen and a pad of paper.

If you want to learn about how to encrypt your files and communicate securely, this is the event to come to!

The focus of this first (very informal) meeting of the Oregon chapter of the Rational User Group (RUG):

• Round-table introductions
• Determine interest of attendees for various topics surrounding Rational products
• Determine frequency and location choices
• Discuss best practices for starting and maintaining a successful RUG (IBM/Baptie, can you provide some guidelines?)
• Setup the next meeting, plan for speaker, location, time, etc.
• Discuss ways to increase membership and attention towards this group

CryptoParty is a decentralized, global initiative to introduce the most basic cryptography software and the fundamental concepts of their operation to the general public, such as the Tor anonymity network, public key encryption (PGP/GPG), and OTR (Off The Record messaging). CryptoParties are free to attend, public, and commercially and politically non-aligned.

Who should come?

Who's hosting?

The Privly Foundation will organize this and future TA3M Portland events. We will host the event at Lucky Lab SE. The folks at OpenITP are providing refreshments.

Event Description

Current Events - Research something that happened in the last month that is of interest to TA3M folks, then email community@privly.org to be put on the schedule. These should be very short but informative updates.

Chat! This meeting will be more informal, and a time to chat about the current events related to Techno-Activism, and ideas for future meetings.

Next month - We will be at our usual location in Puppet Labs with Logan Kleier from Portland's government, to talk about the intersection of technology and policy.

PDXTech4Good

If you're interested in this event, you might also be interested in the PDXTech4Good meetup.

Portland will be hosting the international FOSS4G (Free and Open Source Software for Geospatial) conference in September, 2014. This meeting is get the promotional material moving along. All who might be interested are welcome.

Rough Agenda:

Keep brainstorming and refining ideas

Write press releases

Identify and contact potential media outlets

Decide on video details (i.e. who has a camera, who can film, format, video editing ideas, etc)

Sign up for videos (world's smallest park, bridges, bikes, rivers, boats, going to work, etc). At least, film all PDX-OSGeo'ers who regularly bike to work or around PDX.

At this meeting we will discuss the first lesson from Tuesday 1/21 and decide where and how often to meet. Don't miss out on this great opportunity to have face to face help to go with the online coursework.

Feel free to show up early and grab a brew and some food. We will be meeting along the back wall by the power. Stay as long as you have questions and leave when you like.

Our next meetup is scheduled for Wednesday, February 5th, from 6pm to 8pm. We have a private room booked at Lucky Labrador Brew Pub on SE Hawthorne, courtesy of ATI.

We have a pretty exciting announcement to discuss, Drone Prize. We think it will bring national attention to Portland’s Drone scene. We’re holding a joint meeting with our sister club – Silicon Sky. Local media will also be present to cover the announcement – so dress sharp!

While we won’t be flying – bring out your flying machines for show and tell and to trade tips and tricks with Portland’s drone experts.

This is week 3 of the 8 week class. You can catch up by watching the lectures from the first 2 weeks online. There is no cost for class or the study group. How hard you work and how much you want to learn is up to you.

For the study group, bring your laptop, get help with homework, ask questions, and socialize.

NOTE: Be sure to check our Google Group site before attending. Updates are posted there.

This is week 4 of the 8 week class. You can catch up by watching the lectures from the first 3 weeks online. There is no cost for class or the study group. How hard you work and how much you want to learn is up to you.

For the study group, bring your laptop, get help with homework, ask questions, and socialize.

NOTE: Be sure to check our Google Group site before attending. Updates are posted there.

This is week 5 of the 8 week class. You can catch up by watching the lectures from the first 4 weeks online. There is no cost for class or the study group. How hard you work and how much you want to learn is up to you.

For the study group, bring your laptop, get help with homework, ask questions, and socialize.

NOTE: Be sure to check our Google Group site before attending. Updates are posted there.

This is week 6 of the 8 week class. You can catch up by watching the lectures from the first 6 weeks online. There is no cost for class or the study group. How hard you work and how much you want to learn is up to you.

For the study group, bring your laptop, get help with homework, ask questions, and socialize.

NOTE: Be sure to check our Google Group site before attending. Updates are posted there.

Monthly meeting of the Portland open source GIS group. Projects big and small are usually presented monthly along with rousing conversation and discussion. All are welcome, no need to RSVP - our group ranges from the geo-curious to the überhackers so bring your ideas and questions!

Matt & Tim are going to talk about some things, but mostly we're gonna have us some geobeers and be geo-awesome.

LOCATION CHANGE: because of the rain, we're moving indoors to the Lucky Lab on Hawthorne.

Take an evening to relax and join us for the second UX BBQ at Colonel Summer's Park. We'll be trading summer adventure stories and yes, nerding out on UX too. And this time, we'll try not to get shut down by the fire department.

Bring

Food & drinks for yourself or to share

Blankets or chairs, if you like

Kids

Dogs

Friends

We'll have

A barbecue for use by all

Some basic BBQ grub

Coolers and ice

Details

Thursday, June 26th

5pm - 8pm

Colonel Summers Park (Look for us in the SW corner closest to SE 17th and Taylor)

Come out and play a few games of werewolf at the Lucky Lab on Hawthorne after CLS on Saturday (the night before the OSCON activities start).

Both new and experienced players are welcome. We will explain all of the rules that you need to know, and if you want a preview of the rules, you can find them on the Portland Werewolf website.

We'll start gathering in the private room around 6:30pm for drinks and food. The game starts at 7pm.

To get here from the Convention Center, go to the bus / streetcar stop right in front and take the CL streetcar or 6 bus south down MLK. Get off at the Hawthorne stop and walk east up Hawthorne. The Lucky Lab is near 9th (a 5-6 block walk).

Ticket Info: Donations appreciated, for the room rental. You also need to buy your own food and drinks :)

RainSec is an informal group of like-minded security professionals who meet to discuss topics of interest in a non-work, non-vendor setting. Preferably while drinking just enough to forget our day jobs.

While this is a public event open to any interested parties, our target audience are folks experienced with information security in a professional capacity.

Follow @PDXRainSec for updates & point your IRC client to #rainsec on freenode.

RainSec is an informal group of like-minded security professionals who meet to discuss topics of interest in a non-work, non-vendor setting. Preferably while drinking just enough to forget our day jobs.

While this is a public event open to any interested parties, our target audience are folks experienced with information security in a professional capacity.

Follow @PDXRainSec for updates & point your IRC client to #rainsec on freenode.

RainSec is an informal group of like-minded security professionals who meet to discuss topics of interest in a non-work, non-vendor setting. Preferably while drinking just enough to forget our day jobs.

While this is a public event open to any interested parties, our target audience are folks experienced with information security in a professional capacity.

Follow @PDXRainSec for updates & point your IRC client to #rainsec on freenode.

Soon I'll be looking to give an introductory talk on famo.us js and give the basics of how it works, its pros and cons.
This event is targeted at anyone that has used already used the framework. I've used it in three production applications and am working on my fourth right now. Each applications I've approached code organization and view management differently and am still not quite happy and am looking to discuss different solutions and ideas.
If your planning to attend send me an email at cjalatorre at gmail dot com.

We recently started a user group for Portland ReactJS users. I'd like to have an informal meet and greet to get to know the community here and get some input from you all on what you'd like to get from this user group and some of our ideas. We hope to have our first official meeting in January/February 2015.

We have a website here (WIP, don't judge :)) and a meetup group at meetup.com. Please Join our meetup group and RSVP if you can so we have an idea of how many people might be attending.

Note: Several people have brought up that having conversations on meetup is difficult and I'm inclined to agree. It would also be nice to have a place to discuss things about organizing without confusing people who just want to learn. So I've set up a google group for organizing discussions. We'll continue to post organizers meetups here so everyone has a chance to get involved.

This meetup will be to discuss our progress towards our first RailsBridge Workshop on Dec 12-13 at Epicodus.

Please feel free to attend if you couldn't make it out for the first meetup. We still need lots of people for different roles, if you're interested in helping send me an email at amypivo at gmail. You don't need any previous experience and I am happy to help anyone get started.

RainSec is an informal group of like-minded security professionals who meet to discuss topics of interest in a non-work, non-vendor setting. Preferably while drinking just enough to forget our day jobs.

While this is a public event open to any interested parties, our target audience are folks experienced with information security in a professional capacity.

Follow @PDXRainSec for updates & point your IRC client to #rainsec on freenode.

RainSec is an informal group of like-minded security professionals who meet to discuss topics of interest in a non-work, non-vendor setting. Preferably while drinking just enough to forget our day jobs.

While this is a public event open to any interested parties, our target audience is experienced information security professionals.

RainSec is an informal group of like-minded security professionals who meet to discuss topics of interest in a non-work, non-vendor setting. Preferably while drinking just enough to forget our day jobs.

While this is a public event open to any interested parties, our target audience is experienced information security professionals.

RainSec is an informal group of like-minded security professionals who meet to discuss topics of interest in a non-work, non-vendor setting. Preferably while drinking just enough to forget our day jobs.

While this is a public event open to any interested parties, our target audience is experienced information security professionals.